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High Heels, High Risk

lundi 8 juin 2015 — More Science, Evolution, Health, THE BODY, WELLNESS, Mind & Brain

Shoe-related dangers lurk underfoot. The rate of high heel–related injuries doubled over a 10-year period, and most of those injuries happened in a place you might not expect. Click here for a... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Book Review: The Strange Case of the Rickety Cossack

vendredi 5 juin 2015 — Recommended, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

Books and recommendations from Scientific American -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Is Lying Rational? [Transcript]

vendredi 5 juin 2015 — More Science, Evolution, Health, Mind & Brain, Psychology, Thought & Cognition

The paths from little fibs to big lies may be smaller than we’d like to think, as revealed by a new collaboration from director Yael Melamede and behavioral economist Dan Ariely -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Is Lying Rational?

vendredi 5 juin 2015 — More Science, ARTS & CULTURE, Biology, Everyday Science, Society & Policy, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, Health, Ethics, THE BODY, WELLNESS, Mind & Brain, Language & Linguistics, Psychology, Thought & Cognition

A new film presents the science behind when and why people lie. Click here for a transcript of this video. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Will China's New Ivory Controls Make a Difference?

jeudi 4 juin 2015 — More Science, Society & Policy, CONSERVATION, Environment, Ecology, Evolution

Conservationists welcome the nation's move but problems for African elephants remain -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

100-Year-Old Turtle, the Last of Her Kind, Could Soon Be a Mom

mercredi 3 juin 2015 — Energy & Sustainability, CONSERVATION, Environment, Evolution

An international team of scientists has succeeded in artificially inseminating the last female Yangtze giant softshell turtle. Will babies be far behind? -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Swapping Symbionts Enabled Mediterranean Lichen to Conquer the Arctic

mercredi 3 juin 2015 — More Science, Biology, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

The miraculous recovery of a coral and the gargantuan range of a lichen may both result from the surprising evolutionary advantages their "alternative" lifestyles give them -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Chimps Would "Cook" Food If They Could

mercredi 3 juin 2015 — Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, Mind & Brain, Thought & Cognition

A new study suggests that chimps have the cognitive skills necessary for cooking—such as patience—even if they don't control fire. Christopher Intagliata reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Genes Orchestrate Musical Ability

mardi 2 juin 2015 — More Science, Biology, Science Education, Society & Policy, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, Health, Mind & Brain, Addiction & Recovery, Language & Linguistics, Neuroscience, Psychology, Thought & Cognition

It might take practice to get to Carnegie Hall but scientists found that it takes a set of dozens of genes in the brain working together to make that practice pay off. Click here for a transcript of... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American